MANILA, Philippines – “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao kicked off his sparring sessions on Thursday, testing his might against training partner Glen Tapia of the United States.
The closed-door sparring session took place at the Shape Up Gym in Cooyesan Hotel in Baguio City, where Pacquiao squared off against his 5’11” American spar mate.
“It was great work. Glen Tapia gave me exactly what I wanted,” said Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, after emerging from training.
Pacquiao is preparing for his November 13 super welterweight fight against Mexico’s Antonio Margarito.
The Filipino skipped his usual jogging routine on Thursday morning to prepare himself for the 4-round sparring session.
Roach said Pacquiao performed well against Tapia, who also wields a big right hand like the 5’11” Margarito.
Tapia boasts of more than 100 victories in his amateur career. He also holds 5 knockouts on 7 wins as a pro.
Roach said that the sparring session with Tapia revealed the needed adjustments Pacquiao has to take against Margarito.
Tapia, on the other hand, said he felt Pacquiao's punching power.
The Filipino champ is confident that he'll be in tip top shape before his fight day against Margarito at the Cowboys Stadium in Texas.
“Nakukuha naman namin yung gusto nating kuning condition. Mahaba pa ang panahon natin, tiyak na makukuha natin ang 100 percent condition,” said Pacquiao.
His next sparring date will be on Saturday.
Also serving as the Filipino’s spar mate is Michael Medina, a 6-feet bruiser from Mexico with similar boxing style as Margarito.
It was also reported that Team Pacquiao is expecting the arrival of middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who will also spar with the Filipino.
Chavez Jr. is the son of Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez.
Source: abs-cbnnews.com
Showing posts with label pacquiao vs margarito. Show all posts
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Friday, October 1, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Pacquiao to target Margarito's body!
As has been reported, the fight, for the vacant WBC 154-pound title, will be boxed at a catch-weight, with both guys allowed to come in no higher than the 151 Manny is comfortable at. Unfair when considering how big the 32-year-old Margarito is? Probably; but not too many fans are on “Tony’s” side regarding this or anything else due to you know what! So, the best fighter on the planet once again enters a fight with what some fans would call a loaded deck. Margarito isn’t allowed to weigh-in for the fight (24 hours before the bout) any higher than 151, and Pac-Man doesn’t want to.
Will the boiling down Margarito has to do weaken him to the point that he has nothing, or close to nothing to give, with no real snap on his punches come fight night? It’s very likely. But again, the majority of fans will not be too concerned, seeing as they are eagerly looking forward to watching the fighter dubbed “Margacheato” take a fearful hiding..
Pacquiao, obviously the faster man, especially with the catch-weight thing to benefit him, has made it clear - at least one of his assistants has made it clear - that he will target the taller fighter’s midsection. Aiming to chop Margarito down bit by bit, piece by piece and further weaken him with savage body shots, Pac-Man is almost certain to succeed - in the process picking up his eighth world title.
Would the fight be any different if Margarito, who, after the weigh-in, will likely enter the ring at anywhere from 155 to 160-plus, were allowed to jump on the scale at a full 154? Probably not too much different, but it’s true some fans are growing tired of the catch-weight fights Pac-Man engages in. If the fight is for the light-middleweight title, which it is, then both men should be allowed to weigh-in at the light-middleweight limit.
“Remember, the bigger they are the harder they fall,” a Pacquiao advisor said yesterday with regards to the size of Margarito. Yes, but would the Mexican fall quite as quickly if he were not forced to kill himself to make 151-pounds!
Source: eastsideboxing.com
Pacquiao to use training method like his bout against Cotto
Against the biggest opponent he'll ever face in his career, Manny Pacquiao is applying the same kind of training regimen he did in beating Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto.
Pacquiao believes two months of intense training – the first half in the mountains of Baguio and the final leg at the comforts of the Wild Card gym in Los Angeles – will be good enough for him to get in shape for his November 13 title bout with the massive and ever dangerous Antonio Margarito.
Training camp begins on September 20 at the Cooyesan Hotel in the country's summer capital, the same place where a built-in ring was made to accommodate Pacquiao and his entourage while preparing for his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight fight against Cotto last year.
One by one, Pacquiao's training team will come over here, starting with conditioning coach Alex Ariza on September 13, and then followed by chief trainer Freddie Roach and sparring partner Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
"We'll follow the same routine I used when I was training for my fight against Cotto," said Pacquiao when GMANews.TV caught up with him at the New World Hotel late Wednesday during the Development Partners’ Night, a fund raising event the boxing star hosted for the planned establishment of a district hospital in the province of Sarangani, where he also serves as congressman.
Pacquiao beat Cotto in their 2009 meeting at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, pulling off a technical knockout win in the 12th round of a bloody and action-packed match.
Margarito, who stands at 5-foot-11, also scored an impressive knockout win over Cotto two years ago, a result that later would be tainted in the light of the illegal hand wrapping scandal the Mexican boxing star from Tijuana got involved with moments before his title bout with Sugar Shane Mosley.
Unlike Cotto and Joshua Clottey – the last two men Pacquiao fought in the ring – the 31-year-old Filipino ring idol admitted not having seen Margarito fought in person.
Still that doesn't make him bothered opposite the man they dubbed the 'Tijuana Tornado.'
Former Manila mayor Lito Atienza, one of Pacquiao's closest advisors, however, feels differently.
Atienza considers the 32-year old Mexican brawler a very dangerous opponent for the Pacman, even going to the extent of referring to him as a 'mountain.'
"He's a mountain. Manny needs to prepare hard for this fight. The guy's a giant," Atienza told GMANews.TV during the same fund-raising affair.
"It's going to be a tough fight, so Manny has to prepare hard against Margarito. I'm a bit worried, but I know Manny can beat him," added the former Manila mayor. – JVP, GMANews.TV
Source: gmanews.tv
Pacquiao believes two months of intense training – the first half in the mountains of Baguio and the final leg at the comforts of the Wild Card gym in Los Angeles – will be good enough for him to get in shape for his November 13 title bout with the massive and ever dangerous Antonio Margarito.
Training camp begins on September 20 at the Cooyesan Hotel in the country's summer capital, the same place where a built-in ring was made to accommodate Pacquiao and his entourage while preparing for his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight fight against Cotto last year.
One by one, Pacquiao's training team will come over here, starting with conditioning coach Alex Ariza on September 13, and then followed by chief trainer Freddie Roach and sparring partner Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
"We'll follow the same routine I used when I was training for my fight against Cotto," said Pacquiao when GMANews.TV caught up with him at the New World Hotel late Wednesday during the Development Partners’ Night, a fund raising event the boxing star hosted for the planned establishment of a district hospital in the province of Sarangani, where he also serves as congressman.
Pacquiao beat Cotto in their 2009 meeting at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, pulling off a technical knockout win in the 12th round of a bloody and action-packed match.
Margarito, who stands at 5-foot-11, also scored an impressive knockout win over Cotto two years ago, a result that later would be tainted in the light of the illegal hand wrapping scandal the Mexican boxing star from Tijuana got involved with moments before his title bout with Sugar Shane Mosley.
Unlike Cotto and Joshua Clottey – the last two men Pacquiao fought in the ring – the 31-year-old Filipino ring idol admitted not having seen Margarito fought in person.
Still that doesn't make him bothered opposite the man they dubbed the 'Tijuana Tornado.'
Former Manila mayor Lito Atienza, one of Pacquiao's closest advisors, however, feels differently.
Atienza considers the 32-year old Mexican brawler a very dangerous opponent for the Pacman, even going to the extent of referring to him as a 'mountain.'
"He's a mountain. Manny needs to prepare hard for this fight. The guy's a giant," Atienza told GMANews.TV during the same fund-raising affair.
"It's going to be a tough fight, so Manny has to prepare hard against Margarito. I'm a bit worried, but I know Manny can beat him," added the former Manila mayor. – JVP, GMANews.TV
Source: gmanews.tv
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Pacquiao and Margarito promote their fight in the Dallas stadium
ARLINGTON – The biggest smile Manny Pacquiao popped at Friday's Cowboys Stadium news conference to hype his Nov. 13 bout against Antonio Margarito came when asked if he would know if someone illegally had wrapped his hands before slipping on his boxing gloves.
"Of course I would know just like Margarito knew," Pacquiao said. "I would feel it."
Margarito was caught with loaded gloves before he entered the ring for a January 2009 bout against Shane Mosley at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Plaster inserts were removed and he lost the fight. A month later, California suspended his boxing license for a minimum of one year.
When Margarito applied to the California athletic commission for re-instatement last month, he was rejected. As he did on fight night, he continued to deny he knew anything about the loaded gloves. He laid blame on his trainer, who was subsequently fired.
In the wake of the California denial, Margarito successfully applied for a license in Texas. That set up the bout against Pacquiao for the vacant WBC 154-pound title.
"If there is something in your hand, you feel it," echoed Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, who fought 53 times as lightweight before retiring as a boxer.
The Cowboys Stadium fight will be Margarito's second since he was suspended but first in the United States. He fought in Mexico in May.
Margarito preferred to look ahead rather than discuss the past saying, "I don't care what anybody says. This is the present now. Let's get ready to fight."
Briefly: The news conference on Cowboys Stadium concourse was open to the public, attracting a large contingent of supporters for Margarito, who is from Mexico. They chanted "Beat Pacquiao." It was the first time anyone in the Pacquiao camp could remember their popular Filippino fighter, considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, was not the crowd favorite in the United States. ... According to their contracts, neither boxer can be more than 150 pounds at the weigh-in on the day before the fight. That is a concession to Pacquiao, 31, who began fighting professionally at 108-pounds and will be trying for a title in his 8th weight class. Margarito, 32, has been fighting at 147 pounds and up since 1996. Pacquiao fought at 110 pounds that year. At 5-11, Margarito, a three-time champion at 147 pounds, towers over Pacquiao. He is listed at 5-6 ½ but looked smaller than many of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on hand to escort the fighters to the news conference dais. Size obviously doesn't matter in Las Vegas where bookmakers like Pacquiao's speed and skills. He opened as a 6-to-1 favorite at the MGM Grand casino. Tickets for the fight, which is projected to draw a crowd of 70,000, have been scaled from $50 to $700.
Source: dallasnews.com
"Of course I would know just like Margarito knew," Pacquiao said. "I would feel it."
Margarito was caught with loaded gloves before he entered the ring for a January 2009 bout against Shane Mosley at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Plaster inserts were removed and he lost the fight. A month later, California suspended his boxing license for a minimum of one year.
When Margarito applied to the California athletic commission for re-instatement last month, he was rejected. As he did on fight night, he continued to deny he knew anything about the loaded gloves. He laid blame on his trainer, who was subsequently fired.
In the wake of the California denial, Margarito successfully applied for a license in Texas. That set up the bout against Pacquiao for the vacant WBC 154-pound title.
"If there is something in your hand, you feel it," echoed Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, who fought 53 times as lightweight before retiring as a boxer.
The Cowboys Stadium fight will be Margarito's second since he was suspended but first in the United States. He fought in Mexico in May.
Margarito preferred to look ahead rather than discuss the past saying, "I don't care what anybody says. This is the present now. Let's get ready to fight."
Briefly: The news conference on Cowboys Stadium concourse was open to the public, attracting a large contingent of supporters for Margarito, who is from Mexico. They chanted "Beat Pacquiao." It was the first time anyone in the Pacquiao camp could remember their popular Filippino fighter, considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, was not the crowd favorite in the United States. ... According to their contracts, neither boxer can be more than 150 pounds at the weigh-in on the day before the fight. That is a concession to Pacquiao, 31, who began fighting professionally at 108-pounds and will be trying for a title in his 8th weight class. Margarito, 32, has been fighting at 147 pounds and up since 1996. Pacquiao fought at 110 pounds that year. At 5-11, Margarito, a three-time champion at 147 pounds, towers over Pacquiao. He is listed at 5-6 ½ but looked smaller than many of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on hand to escort the fighters to the news conference dais. Size obviously doesn't matter in Las Vegas where bookmakers like Pacquiao's speed and skills. He opened as a 6-to-1 favorite at the MGM Grand casino. Tickets for the fight, which is projected to draw a crowd of 70,000, have been scaled from $50 to $700.
Source: dallasnews.com
Pacquiao and Margarito promote their fight in the Dallas stadium
ARLINGTON – The biggest smile Manny Pacquiao popped at Friday's Cowboys Stadium news conference to hype his Nov. 13 bout against Antonio Margarito came when asked if he would know if someone illegally had wrapped his hands before slipping on his boxing gloves.
"Of course I would know just like Margarito knew," Pacquiao said. "I would feel it."
Margarito was caught with loaded gloves before he entered the ring for a January 2009 bout against Shane Mosley at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Plaster inserts were removed and he lost the fight. A month later, California suspended his boxing license for a minimum of one year.
When Margarito applied to the California athletic commission for re-instatement last month, he was rejected. As he did on fight night, he continued to deny he knew anything about the loaded gloves. He laid blame on his trainer, who was subsequently fired.
In the wake of the California denial, Margarito successfully applied for a license in Texas. That set up the bout against Pacquiao for the vacant WBC 154-pound title.
"If there is something in your hand, you feel it," echoed Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, who fought 53 times as lightweight before retiring as a boxer.
The Cowboys Stadium fight will be Margarito's second since he was suspended but first in the United States. He fought in Mexico in May.
Margarito preferred to look ahead rather than discuss the past saying, "I don't care what anybody says. This is the present now. Let's get ready to fight."
Briefly: The news conference on Cowboys Stadium concourse was open to the public, attracting a large contingent of supporters for Margarito, who is from Mexico. They chanted "Beat Pacquiao." It was the first time anyone in the Pacquiao camp could remember their popular Filippino fighter, considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, was not the crowd favorite in the United States. ... According to their contracts, neither boxer can be more than 150 pounds at the weigh-in on the day before the fight. That is a concession to Pacquiao, 31, who began fighting professionally at 108-pounds and will be trying for a title in his 8th weight class. Margarito, 32, has been fighting at 147 pounds and up since 1996. Pacquiao fought at 110 pounds that year. At 5-11, Margarito, a three-time champion at 147 pounds, towers over Pacquiao. He is listed at 5-6 ½ but looked smaller than many of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on hand to escort the fighters to the news conference dais. Size obviously doesn't matter in Las Vegas where bookmakers like Pacquiao's speed and skills. He opened as a 6-to-1 favorite at the MGM Grand casino. Tickets for the fight, which is projected to draw a crowd of 70,000, have been scaled from $50 to $700.
Source: dallasnews.com
"Of course I would know just like Margarito knew," Pacquiao said. "I would feel it."
Margarito was caught with loaded gloves before he entered the ring for a January 2009 bout against Shane Mosley at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Plaster inserts were removed and he lost the fight. A month later, California suspended his boxing license for a minimum of one year.
When Margarito applied to the California athletic commission for re-instatement last month, he was rejected. As he did on fight night, he continued to deny he knew anything about the loaded gloves. He laid blame on his trainer, who was subsequently fired.
In the wake of the California denial, Margarito successfully applied for a license in Texas. That set up the bout against Pacquiao for the vacant WBC 154-pound title.
"If there is something in your hand, you feel it," echoed Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, who fought 53 times as lightweight before retiring as a boxer.
The Cowboys Stadium fight will be Margarito's second since he was suspended but first in the United States. He fought in Mexico in May.
Margarito preferred to look ahead rather than discuss the past saying, "I don't care what anybody says. This is the present now. Let's get ready to fight."
Briefly: The news conference on Cowboys Stadium concourse was open to the public, attracting a large contingent of supporters for Margarito, who is from Mexico. They chanted "Beat Pacquiao." It was the first time anyone in the Pacquiao camp could remember their popular Filippino fighter, considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, was not the crowd favorite in the United States. ... According to their contracts, neither boxer can be more than 150 pounds at the weigh-in on the day before the fight. That is a concession to Pacquiao, 31, who began fighting professionally at 108-pounds and will be trying for a title in his 8th weight class. Margarito, 32, has been fighting at 147 pounds and up since 1996. Pacquiao fought at 110 pounds that year. At 5-11, Margarito, a three-time champion at 147 pounds, towers over Pacquiao. He is listed at 5-6 ½ but looked smaller than many of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on hand to escort the fighters to the news conference dais. Size obviously doesn't matter in Las Vegas where bookmakers like Pacquiao's speed and skills. He opened as a 6-to-1 favorite at the MGM Grand casino. Tickets for the fight, which is projected to draw a crowd of 70,000, have been scaled from $50 to $700.
Source: dallasnews.com
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